Women Booksellers in the Twentieth Century
Hidden Behind the Bookshelves
January 24 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm GMT
Join Prof Samantha Rayner to discuss her recently published Cambridge Element, Women Booksellers in the Twentieth Century.
The British women booksellers who built and ran successful businesses before, during, and after the Second World War have largely been forgotten. Samantha Rayner (UCL) will be speaking about her research for Women Booksellers of the Twentieth Century: Hidden Behind the Bookshelves, (CUP, 2025) which seeks to reclaim some of these histories from where they lie hidden or obscured in archives, accounts of the book trade of the time, and other sources. Though they were often called ‘formidable’, this research reveals the astonishing impact of these women at local, national, and international levels.
Women Booksellers of the Twentieth Century: Hidden Behind the Bookshelves is out on January 17th, and can be downloaded for free here: Women Booksellers in the Twentieth Century.
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